Burial-casket.



SCHMIDT. I BURIAL-CASKET.

v APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 22. I915.

Pafented Feb. 8, 19

THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co., WASHINGTON, D.

' -i,' ivi,oee. a 7 Application filedsepteinber 225191;

Tool l ioh om it maywncern:

j. Beit' known that T, A Y

residing at .Los in the countyoflios Angeles and State of California, have -1nvented certain i :new and usefn-li lmprovements in Burial- Caskets, of whichthe following is aspeci- I .ficatlon,referencebeing'had to the accom panying drawings. ,7 a V lnvention relates to ,bllllal' caskets,

lily and particularly to caskets made of a plurality of' sheets ofjmetahg and the general object of my invention is, tojprovide a me tallie casket, the cover or lid of which is so constructed: that a sliding member mayi be supported in sliding engagement with the cover or lid so as a an opening in the lid or cover or pushed panying drawings, Figure 1 is a plcn view 'partl'yb'roken" longitudinal sectional view; Fig; 3 is an enlarged sectional viewshowingthe manner in whichjthebody of i the casket is made up of laminated sheetsl Referring to these figures, 2 designates iaway; Fig. 2 is a 30 t back to disclose said opening and when in 20 j if further to provide means whereby this sliding member may the latter position is entirely concealed, and

beheld in either rof its positions.- V 1 f Other objects will appear in the course of thefollowing description. .7 y p My invention is illustrated in the a'ccomwherein:

I thebody of a casket, and 3' the cover or lid 1 thereof, the cover or lid beingocoterminous with the body of the casket. Both the cover and lid of the body ofthe casket are'formed of ,laminatedsheets of material.j The ma: terial used may be copper,"lead,'steel, galvanized iron, aluminum, or any other'materialvwhich may be suitable for the purpose,

these sheets of material which are desig- "nated a being separated from each'other by spaces filled with any suitable. filling material designated 6,; This filling material I may be magnesite, compressed paper, cork,

, wood, asbestos, cement,

which will be relatively held together in any suitable manner, as byscrews, rivets, bolts, etc, and the outer and inner sheets of material are to be coated of'alloy or enamel being designatedc. This outside coating may be of any thickness-,

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IDA Sorrmmn a citi en of the United States, 'Angeles,

' extending to be extended across v end oflthe opening orany other filler light, and which will have the necessary 'strengthTThe'sheets of material may be either of its adju the facingvstripll .sior, cotton, silks,

with any, desired I metal alloy orenamel, this coating or layer able manner @Ascsam, jt'os anennnsgoanrronnrep j, I i

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;The body 2 is formed along/its upper-edge: the coverv 3. is formed along-its margin with the outwardly" 4 flange'5lwhiclrwill confront the V face .4, and with thedownwardly extending I I .65- v {body andfit tightly-thereins' Boltsf7,sc rews,l

or other suitable fastening devices ;may ;be i

with the-edge face i -and flange 6 which may (be inserted; within the white, darlnor any other. desiredshade of; color and may be also'ma'de toimltate' wood usedtoxeng'age theyflanges s1 and *5 so asflto '7 hold the cover firmly inc-place. The cover isformed awith an jopening 8 at *its head 50 end whichmay be of any suitable extent v i and designed to bej protected bya slider formed of a sheetfof glass 9; One wall Oftheope'ning .8 is preferably so, formed i v :The glass is held in place by meansof-a facing strip r -9 is "in, turn protected by as tof provide the slide receiving recess 10 within which the'iglass sljides.

11. This glass a'lid 12 which extends over theopeningin the .-'cover --and is bolted Ito the coveror otherwise attached thereto in any; suitable manner. 7'

1 It, will notedv that termina the cover .ofthe caskQt f laminat Sheets. it I relatively easy toprovide,Tthelateral, grooves: into which'the slide or pane 9 is adapted-- to be supported and moved and to form therecess 10. within which the slide 9 iscon- 1 of the sheets of material are cut through to form the, opening 8. intermediate sheets, slightly larger so as grooves for the slide a The facing strip 11 is transverse recess 11 in its recess 11 The casket is to which maybe desired, and the casket is also provided-with handles fastened in any suit- 7 to thebody of the; casket. It. is to be understoodyof course, that any ma}. terial or combination of materiall -may be '18 or uncover the opening andthen the slide may be held in placein sted positions by inserting I becushioned wlth excel- I I vor any 1 other material j the casket is made.

Having I claim is:

1. A casket cover composed of a plurality of metallic sheets, the cover being cut away at one end to provide an opening and formed with a recess extending from one end of the opening, the cover being also forined with a. transverse recess extending from the upper surface of the cover adjacent the end of the opening and a slide mounted Within the recess and movable into a position across the opening, and a i acing strip removably disposed in the transverse recess and adapted tohold-the slide :either in place across the opening or in place Within the recess. U

A casketcover composed of a plurality of metallic sheets,'all of the sheets being cut away at one end or the cover to provide an opening, the intermediate sheets being Copies of this patent may be obtained for thus described my invention, What cut away to a. greater extent than the outer and inner sheets to provide lateral slide supporting grooves and a slide receiving recess forming a continuation of the opening, the cover being formed with a trans verse recess extending downward from the upper surface of the cover and intersecting said first nained'recess, a slide disposed in the first named recess. slidable grooves from an open to aclosed position, and a facing strip reniovrably disposed in the transverse recess to therebyhold the slide either Within said first-nained'recess.

In testimony whereof I hereunto my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

IDA SCHll-IDT.

Witnesses ALMA/BENNETT, MAY SCHMIDT.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Washington, D. G.

in said in place across the opening or 

